It's time again for the Charleston Conference! Ah, Charleston, known for its bounty of vendor meetings, the oft-repeated march between venues, too much coffee--and the abundance of ASERL librarians sharing their work. A full 90 presenters from ASERL institutions will be presenting on everything from AI, ADA, and OA to working together and weathering challenging […]
In an age of global collaboration, AI-generated content, and shifting publishing models, the question “who owns our knowledge?” is more pressing than ever. This panel delves into the shifting landscape of knowledge ownership, examining authorship, traditional and open access publishing, AI training data, and data privacy. ASERL members and guests are invited to join the […]
Libraries can't hold everything, but deciding what not to keep is every bit as complicated as developing the collection to begin with. In this webinar we will discuss four ventures into managing print collections, including notes from library-scale deselection and the logistics of large projects, to tackling smaller bites of the whole in focused collections […]
In this presentation, Dr. Caroline Edwards (Executive Director, Open Library of Humanities and Co-Director, Open Journals Collective) will give an overview of the Open Journals Collective (OJC). OJC is a nonprofit international publishing consortium of libraries, scholars, and university publishers building a sustainable and scalable future for diamond open access journals. Launching in January 2026, […]
Hoping to see the AM offer meet the threshold for unlocking additional content? Come join us to hear an update on AM’s group offer for ASERL on Wednesday, May 14, at 2:00pm ET/1:00pm CT. Please bring your questions for AM! *** AM has submitted an offer for discount on purchases and unlocked backfile content […]
Librarians focused on copyright and licensing from five institutions conducted research and analysis of peer institutional metadata policies, vendor agreements, and U.S. law in an effort to better understand the legal disposition of bibliographic metadata created both locally by institutions and from partner institutions across the U.S. Based on our analysis, we assert that the […]
This session will aim to inform library specialists about the following matters: Which are the intricacies involved in making music material accessible? Accessibility for music material presents significant challenges compared to text formats and these complexities will be discussed. Secondly, what kind of workflows support the conversion of printed & digital scores into braille music […]
Based on many recent conversations with global library and special collections leaders, it is clear that significant challenges continue to exist farther upstream in the archival process, well before discovery and access. Early stages like metadata creation are highly manual, time-consuming, and difficult to scale, and have led to decades-long backlogs in processing these collections. […]
Summary The last few years have sharpened our ability to see inequities both in access and in the decades of collection-building that academic libraries now own – inequities that now impact our ability to support research, instruction, and clinical care for our campuses. This panel will discuss approaches taken at two academic libraries to address […]
Join us to hear about AM’s exciting group offer for ASERL. AM has submitted an offer for discount on purchases and unlocked backfile content with a collective spend of $7.3 million. Unlocked content would be available only to those participating at a minimum spending level of $50,000. Buy any title(s) using exclusive ASERL discounts: • […]
Join ASERL and the Library Copyright Institute for a discussion on the recent Hachette v. Internet Archive decision and its impacts on Controlled Digital Lending and libraries. Speakers: Brandon Butler, Re:Create Coalition / Jaszi Butler PLLC Chris Freeland, Internet Archive Charlie Barlow, Boston Library Consortium REGISTER: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3067584007608706135
With the growth of transformative agreements, how are libraries effectively evaluating them? Join us for a panel discussion as we delve into the intricacies of evaluating transformative agreements, exploring their impact on library budgets, and alignment with open access strategies. PANELISTS: Erin Gallagher, Chair of Acquisitions & Collections Services, University of Florida Julie Glascock, Director […]
We need your input! We welcome all interested ASERL members to join a community call discussion on May 8, 2024 regarding the state and future of shared print retention programming within ASERL as a consortium. As libraries increasingly turn staff and funding resources toward electronic licenses, data services, and less collections-oriented uses of library space, […]
FOR PRIVACY, THESE SESSIONS WILL NOT BE RECORDED Summary How are libraries still doing the work of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) across their systems with or without dedicated staff? This three-part series brings professionals from all levels and types of libraries together to discuss how the work of DEIA is going and ongoing […]